When looking to buy something on meh et al do you look for a better price or just buy it
3And assume they are selling it for the lowest price. Last two things I was looking to buy on Morningsave and found one item $ 4 cheaper (10 vs 14) and the other a whopping $ 27 dollars cheaper (35 + shipping vs 70)
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Trust but verify.
/showme Trust but verify.
@aetris for some reason, my brain cannot see this without hearing Keith David voicing it
@mikey
That’s acceptable!
Since having worked in retail several decades ago, [and likely somewhat because of having had parents who were Depression-era kids] I price-check EVERYthing.
I also dumpster dive [within reason and mostly within the constraints of trespassing laws], look for good ‘stuff’ out to the road, and periodically shop at Goodwill, VOA, and H.F. [Hazard Fraught], etc., depending on what I am looking for and how soon it’s needed.
I have also gotten [somewhat] better at sitting on my hands to wait and see if a better price will show up in the fullness of time - whether on the 'Mediocre-commerce" sites or elsewhere.
An ICU nurse I worked with at a local college town was a serious dumpster diver- he kept a dedicated set of ‘diving’ coveralls in each of his vehicles and almost always managed to salvage at least a full-year’s worth of laundry supplies, and other household chemicals in the spring when all the college students chucked them out instead of having to truck them home.
I did quite a bit of it when I worked at the nearby general hospital, where they chucked fluorescent lights, lumber, structural steel, desks, chairs, stainless-steel rolling storage racks, countertop, cupboards, and a whole buttload of other useful and expensive to buy or replace things.
I even [with permission] brought home a rolling table/stretcher unit that was used to put patients on in order perform bone scans- I nearly killed myself getting it into the back of my F-350, then out again and into our basement, but it’s an awesome craft table/wood-working surface- durable, very nearly perfectly flat [not like machinist-flat, but close enough for woodworking] and very stable, while still being adjustable and easily moveable.
…and to think that as a kid, I was always mortified when my 'rents would stop along the roadside to pick up or pick through stuff left ‘out to the road’.
FOOLS! TOOLS! JEWELS! AWESOME!
I price check and adjust for shipping.
Sometimes I look at similar brands that are cheaper or more expensive to see if they are a better offer for the price. If it is a thing on its way out that needs replacement parts, I look into that. If it is a smart gadget I look at tasmota, for some other gadgets I sometimes look at github for alternative firmware.
Then I impulse-buy.
I can’t overstate the personal value I put on the website already having my information saved.
@jouest Extending on this, yes I like to save $$$ whereever possible, but not at the expense of security. If it’s not a site I’ve heard of or the price just seems “too good to be true”, I’m going to pass.
I have found things cheaper on morning save than on meh or sidedeal
@Cerridwyn or the same price but with VMP discount cheaper then meh
@Felton10 in the one case it was actually cheaper at list on morning safe than side deal. And it came up on a mehrathon and with the discount was cheaper than meh
The first question is always “Do I really need this, and if I buy it, do we have room to store it?” Generally, at least one of those is a “No.” At that point, the price/value factor is irrelevant. If it manages to get two “Yes” votes, then I shop it around, and by the time that process is complete, I’ve usually talked myself out of buying anything that day.